The Yazzie Family
Episode 5 · 2007-10-28
- Reality
Episode overview
For the past five years the Yazzie family have been living in a mobile home that has no running water or heat, and only half the trailer with functioning electricity. Seeing that his family's mobile home had no heat, at 13 years of age, son Garrett tapped his scientific intuition to create a solar heater and a water heater. To create these, he used recycled materials, including an old car transmission and 69 aluminum cans, combining them with power generated from the sun. Garrett's makeshift heating system followed the Navajo principles of living off the land, not wasting anything and recycling everything that the earth has to offer. For his invention, he became the first Navajo to win 9 out of the 10 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Awards
60 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. The Akana Family2007-09-30
2. The Byers Family2007-10-07
3. The Brown Family2007-10-14
4. The Carter Family2007-10-21
5. The Yazzie Family2007-10-28
6. The Miller Family2007-11-04
7. The Marrero Family2007-11-11
8. The Swenson-Lee Family2007-11-25
9. The Stockdale Family2007-12-02
10. The Vitale Family2007-12-09
11. The Chapin Family2007-12-16
12. The Ray-Smith Family2008-01-06
13. The Woodhouse Family2008-01-13
14. The Luther Family2008-01-20
15. The Voisine Family2008-01-27
16. The Gilyeat Family2008-02-10
17. The Hughes Family2008-02-17
18. The Lucas Family2008-03-02
19. The Turner Family2008-03-09
20. The Boettcher Family2008-03-16
21. The Gaudet Family2008-03-23
22. The Latif Family2008-03-30
23. The Martinez Family2008-04-27
24. The Silva Family2008-05-04
25. The Giunta Family2008-05-11
26. The Usea Family2008-05-18
